Related Parities - Equity Joint Ventures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2024

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Related Parities - Equity Joint Ventures

Related Parties — Equity Joint Ventures

ATMP Joint Ventures

The Company holds a 15% equity interest in two joint ventures (collectively, the ATMP JV) with affiliates of Tongfu Microelectronics Co., Ltd, a Chinese joint stock company. The Company has no obligation to fund the ATMP JV. The Company accounts for its equity interests in the ATMP JV under the equity method of accounting due to its significant influence over the ATMP JV.

The ATMP JV provides assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) services to the Company. The Company assists the ATMP JV in its management of certain raw material inventory. The purchases from and resales to the ATMP JV of inventory under the Company’s inventory management program are reported within purchases and resales with the ATMP JV and do not impact the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Company’s purchases from the ATMP JV during the three months ended March 30, 2024 and April 1, 2023 amounted to $450 million and $367 million, respectively. As of March 30, 2024 and December 30, 2023, the amounts payable to the ATMP JV were $438 million and $363 million, respectively, and are included in Payables to related parties on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s resales to the ATMP JV during the three months ended March 30, 2024 and April 1, 2023 amounted to $40 million and $1 million, respectively. As of March 30, 2024 and December 30, 2023, the Company had receivables from the ATMP JV of $31 million and $9 million, respectively, included in Receivables from related parties on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

During the three months ended March 30, 2024 and April 1, 2023, the Company recorded a gain of $7 million and $1 million, respectively, in Equity income in investee on its condensed consolidated statements of operations, respectively. As of March 30, 2024 and December 30, 2023, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in the ATMP JV was $106 million and $99 million, respectively.

THATIC Joint Ventures

The Company holds equity interests in two joint ventures (collectively, the THATIC JV) with Higon Information Technology Co., Ltd. (THATIC), a third-party Chinese entity. As of both March 30, 2024 and December 30, 2023, the carrying value of the investment was zero. The Company licensed certain of its intellectual IP (Licensed IP) to the THATIC JV and receives royalty based on sales of the THATIC JV’s products, which is recorded within operating income. During the three months ended March 30, 2024 and April 1, 2023, the Company recognized $13 million and $10 million of licensing gain from royalty income associated with Licensed IP, respectively. As of both March 30, 2024 and December 30, 2023, the Company had no receivables from the THATIC JV. In June 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the United States Department of Commerce added certain Chinese entities to the Entity List, including THATIC and the THATIC JV. The Company is complying with U.S. law pertaining to the Entity List designation.